The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-30
DAUGHTERS.
Ladies With $Ess1 Social Advantages
and Attractive 81 49,. shington.

number, and the members of the House of
Representatives are S25, and that the latter
are elected but for two years at a time, and
many serve in but one Congress, while the
ordinary term of Senator is six years,
some of the Senators and their families are
considered to belong to the permanent so
| ciety of Washington, and have social adj
vantageS more transient families rarely, if
even, attain. These take their places among
those OF the residents of the capital who
| have the most attractive homes and most
\ desirable circle of acquaintance and who
perhaps know scarcely dozen of the ladies
| of the families of the numerous members of
the House of Representatives. The daugh-
| tiers of the Senators who have served more
| than one term have in many instances grown
{. up in Washington, and made their first ap-
pearance as full-fedged young ladies at
Washington parties, and are so little ac-
| qualnted in the States which their father
represent that it is a real hardship to them
when compelled by necessity to live in the
| old homes of their parents. Some of these
when taken back to the actual residences of
their fathers, perhaps in a country district
or in a small, inland town, by their lack of
interest in their neighbors seriously offend
| those on whom their fathers depend for con-
tinuance in political life, and thus bring
about the very retirement the ladies of the
family most earnestly desire to retard.
There are, however, among the Senators
daughters some who have been so educated
that they have resources of their own
which would make them contented. if not
happy, anywhere.
This is especially true of Senator Ed
munds' only remaining daughter, who has
received under the direct supervision of
her parents a most substantial educa-
ton, and has by preference mingled little in
| the gay scenes of Washington.
She has rarely, if ever, attended dane
ing party, but sometimes goes to other en-
rtainments-afternoon teas and lunches,
and occasionally to an evening reception.
She takes great interest in her fathers pur
suits, even in his law studies.
/ Another exception to those who care ex-
| clJlsively for excitement and amusement
is Miss Anna Dawes the only daughter of
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,, who is
| better known to readers of her stories and
/ text books for schools, which are much used
| in New England, than she is TO many people
in Washington, especially among those who
| frequent its gay social aSsemblages. in spite
OF her long residence here during many sue
| cesSive sessions of Congress.
| Miss Dawes has never cared to mingle in
society, and beyond receiving with her
mother on Thursdays, returning visits, and
occasionally attending lnnch party, goes
| through none of the routine OF social duties
and pleasures in which such a number of
| the ladies of Washington, including Con
| gressmen's daughters, take unmingled de
| light. She attends the meetings of the
| Washington Literary Society OF which she
has long been a member. regularly, and
| often contributes papers which she reads at
such times, and she is of the greatest assist
ance to her father in his work, whether in
| gathering material for his speeches, or in
| arranging his mail and printed documents
/ which aSr no ~
She much resembles her father I'M face
| and figure Her hair, which she has never
had banged, is light brown in color, and she
wears it drawn plainly back from high
and prominent forehead. Her eyes and COM
| plexion are light.
The young daughter of Senator McMil-
| Ian, of Minnesota, who has not yet quite
completed her course of schooling shows
| great interest in hiStoral research, especially
| in the direction of classical and medieval
history, an unusual taste in one so young,
and, being with her parents in Washington
| during this winter, has made good use of
the Congressional library in following up
her favorite study. There are also ladies of
other Senator'S families who make good use
of their residence in Washington by seek
| ing benefit from the libraries and scientific
| and other collections in the government
| buildings, as well as by contact with those,
| to know whom is in itself liberal educa-
| ton.
On the other hand there are both wives
and daughters of Senators who regard
stay in Washington, whether brief or pro-
| tracted, only as an opportunity to enjoy
! more of gay society than any other place
could afford them.
A very busy life is led by some of those
| who rarely take meal at home during the
season except when entertaining company.
| They go TO ''breakfastn at r. or a lunch at
| y fkN aft Ton 30. N,aAya
round of calls, have barely time to dress to
| go out TO dinner, and afterward attend a
| ball. dancing until or in the morning. or
perhaps spend the evening at the opera or
theatre, and go to a midnight supper after
ward which lasts until O'Clock.
But even among these there are some la
dies who make it matter of principle to
| give of their time and substance to works
of charity, and in the very height of the
gay season will labor to benefit charities
For instance, Thursday Is the day for
| Senators families to receive calls. Yet at
9 O'Clock on a Thursday morning, in Janu-
airy of this year, Miss Dolph, the daughter
of the Oregon Senator, who recently mar
ried MIR. Nixon, was playing the minuet for
the dancers to rehearse it at Chief Justice
Waite's house and kept another engage
| ment at noon She received calls with her
mother in the afternoon, went to another
kirmess rehearsal after dinner and to Secre-
tary and William Endicotts reception at 10
o'clock that evening, having had no time to
rest since before an early breakfast
Senator'S daughters old enough to take
part in Washington society, are, however,
| not very numerous here this winter, there
having been so many of them married
within two or three years, and few of the
married daughters of Senators live here,
though they occasionally visit their fathers
during a seSsion6f Congress.
The following is believed TO be a tolera-
bly,, if not wholly, accurate list of Sena-
tors who have had with them this winter
daughters old enough TO be in society
Senator Sherman, Ohio, the President pro
| tempore of the Senate; Senators Beck and
Blacs burn, Kentucky; Brown, Georgia
Butler and Hampton, both of South Carroll
ma; Cameron, Pennsylvania; Cheney, New
Hampshire; Cullum, Illinois; Dawes, Massa-
chusetts; Dolph and Mitchell, both of Ore
gon: Edmunds, Vermont; EuStis, Louisiana
Evarts, New York; George, Mississippi
Jones, Arkansas; Mcmillan, Minnesota
Farwell, Illinois; Malone, Virginia; Payne,
! Ohio: Pugh, Alabama; Sawyer, Wisconsin
Voorhees, of Indiana, and Wilson, Iowa, and
| Whitthorne, Tennessee.
OF these the daughters of Senators Beck,
Eustis, Farwell, Payne, Pugh and Sawyer
are married, while the daughter of Senator
Sherman, one of Senator Buffers daugh-
tiers. and the daughters of Senators Cheney,